Incidentally, I was reading the review this morning on the bus when going to work. That made me almost want to get the album, though I'm not a big Heep fan. ]]>
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Author: salmacisSubject: 41154Posted: June 27 2008 at 04:22

Had it a few weeks and it seems to be an excellent album; far tighter than the previous Bernie Shaw-led albums IMHO. It doesn't have any significant deviations from their trademark sound but it's not a rehash of past glories and it somehow manages to sound very fresh- the ten year gap has done them good as I think some of 'Sonic Origami' was quite flaccid to be honest.

Almost every song is top notch- I say almost, because to me 'Heaven's Rain' falls flat and is below the quality of the other songs IMHO. But I would have said every other track can stand proud with their earliest (and best) work.

I didn't think the modern-day Heep would have been able to top 'Sea Of Light' but it seems as though they have- time will tell how it stacks up against the earlier albums.

At least Sea Of The Light was. Haven't heard Sonic Origami yet though. I will try to catch UH live if I can whenever I get the chance since there's a lot of energy in the air with this line-up ]]>
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Author: nordwindSubject: 41154Posted: June 26 2008 at 23:04

I 'm confident it will be great - I love these guys ! ]]>
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Author: NotAProgheadSubject: 41154Posted: August 26 2007 at 18:19

The Rock wrote:

I think it's more like 9 years.By late January it will be 10 years.1998-2008.

Looking forward to this one; I rather suspected it wouldn't be released in September as originally planned as it went quiet in the Heep camp.]]>
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Author: JimseySubject: 41154Posted: August 25 2007 at 04:52

The song names are surely interesting. After seeing the band live last month, I'm actually looking forward to this. Hopefully, the last decade of just touring has resulted in some great material.]]>
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